Spring Break 2014

I decided that I would take the entire week of spring break off work and spend some quality Madelyn and me time. I knew this could be a potential disaster if I did not have something planned because she nor I do well with idle time. We tend to annoy the crap out of  each other with too much time on our hands. So, I planned a mini vacay to Oklahoma. We had a small list of things we hoped to accomplish while we were there but also didn't want to be on a tight schedule. We set out on our adventure Monday morning traveling south out of Augusta. Our first stop was several hours later at the aquarium in Tulsa, OK. After spending a couple hours there we got back on the road and headed towards OKC. Unfortunately we arrived right at 5 o'clock rush hour and I ended up taking a wrong turn which may or may have not resulted in a few cuss words. We eventually found our hotel, or is it motel where you exit and enter your hotel room from the outside? It wasn't the classiest of places but fitting for us and Madelyn loved it! After we got settled we headed to Dave & Busters for dinner and game playing. Madelyn hit it big at one game raking in 1000 tickets. She had over 1900 overall and ended up "purchasing" $30 worth of prizes which likely would have cost me $10 at the dollar store. Oh well, on vacation there is no budget. Right? A couple hours later we were heading back to the hotel in the dark, which always makes me a bit nervous in a new place.
The next day we got up, enjoyed a continental breakfast and discussed the days activities. The options were zoo, Discovery Center or the outlet mall. It was the nicest day of the week so zoo would be a nice option, but she picked outlet mall. What??? This cannot be my child!!!! Well she new exactly what she was doing because she made out like a bandit with all the new spring clothes and shoes and even got another ear piercing. We enjoyed the day and I also bought some new clothes too so no complaints here. That afternoon we relaxed in the hotel/motel room and watched the newly purchased Frozen DVD. That ranks right up there with my all time favorite, Fox and the Hound, by the way. That evening we went to Bricktown, which is downtown OKC for dinner. We had a little snafu with not having cash for parking and my debit card not working in the atm machine which may have caused a few more cuss words but after that all was good. We decided to eat at Toby Keith's Bar & Grill, amazing food and cool environment. I had been doing well with counting calories up to that point but I could not resist the bull balls and loaded baked potato for dinner. I had my days worth of calories in one meal. Oops!  We then walked around Bricktown and took in the sites. It is a very cool place. Definitely would be fun for an adult night out too. We later headed back to our room and got settled in for the night.
Wednesday we got up, enjoyed another free breakfast and decided that would be the day we would head home but before we did we wanted to make a stop at the Discovery Center. At that point we were both tired and ready to be home and I was thinking that three hour drive wasn't going to be a real blast. The Discovery Center was very cool and hands on which is good for a kid that HAS to touch everything. It was spring break and there were a bazillion kids and as a general rule I'm not a fan of kids, but I persevered and we had a good time. A couple hours later we had had enough and were on the road to home. One pit stop at a swanky truck stop for gas and a souvenir magnet and the rest of the trip home was smooth sailing.
It was a really great trip for some quality mom and Madelyn time and fun memories were made. I hope to make a mini vacay with just her and I an annual tradition.
Upon returning home we took the evening to relax and the next day we spent spring cleaning. When Madelyn is in the mood to clean watch out because nothing is safe. She apparently got the good cleaning gene from her dad, because I sure don't have it.





Here are just a few pictures of our trip: